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Malta to host EU summit on post-Brexit future

EU leaders will meet in Malta in early 2017 to discuss life without the United Kingdom, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Monday.

The meeting of 27 EU leaders will follow similar talks in Bratislava this week and come before a meeting in March in Rome to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the EU’s foundation.

Muscat tweeted that he and European Council President Donald Tusk had agreed that “EU leaders will meet in Malta beginning 2017 to increase momentum for new idea of Europe,” according to AFP.

Malta will hold the rotating presidency of the EU’s Council of Ministers in the first half of next year.

The Bratislava summit will mark the first time 27 EU leaders have gathered to address the bloc’s post-Brexit future. However, Tusk said the priority at Friday’s special one-day meeting in the Slovak capital was to “show unity and bring back political control.” Senior EU officials said Tusk’s plan for Bratislava is to dispatch Brexit talk quickly in favor of other challenges, including security and trade.

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Tim

Should’ve picked Gibraltar 😉

Posted on 9/12/16 | 6:49 PM CET

CSK

@Tim

No, how about a replica of The Titanic sailing around The Med in ever-decreasing circles before it disappears up its own propellor shaft. Great opportunity for the Juncker Deckchair Rearrangement Company too!

Posted on 9/12/16 | 10:54 PM CET

FierEuropeen

How wonderful 😀 The first EU summit without the unpalatable english 😀 Now EU is 100% European.